WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for a drug-related crash that left a woman dead.
News outlets report that 46-year-old Scott Walker pleaded guilty Monday to DUI manslaughter as part of deal with Palm Beach County prosecutors. He had faced up to 15 years if convicted by a jury.
Authorities say Walker had cocaine, morphine, fentanyl and hydromorphone in his system in October 2014 when he ran a red light at a Delray Beach intersection and crashed into 98-year-old Selma Scott’s vehicle. The woman was taken to a nearby hospital, where she died several hours later.
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